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Waitaki Licensed Victuallers' Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Waimate, 13th June, 1906. Waitaki Licensed Victuallers' Association send deep sympathy in your hour of trial on death of your beloved husband, and recognise his earnest abilities for welfare of this colony. W. Edmonds, Secretary. Wellington Licensed Victuallers' Association. Dear Madam, — Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 18th June, 1906. At a meeting of the Wellington Licensed Victuallers' Association, held this morning, it was unanimously resolved that the heartfelt sympathy and condolence of members be forwarded to Mrs. Seddon and her family in the heavy bereavement they have sustained, which is also a national calamity. Believe me, &c, Mrs. R. J. Seddon, Wellington. Herbert J. Williams, Secretary. British Medical Association (Auckland Division). (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Auckland, 19th June, 1906. The Auckland Division of the -British Medical Association desire to express their sense of the great loss the colony has sustained through the death of the Right Hon. Mr. Seddon, and their sympathy with you and your family in their sad bereavement. E. Roberton, President. Tracy Inglis, Secretary. British Medical Association (Canterbury Division). Dear Madam, — 58 Oxford Street, Christchurch, 15th June, 1906. I am instructed to convey to you the resolution passed by the Canterbury Division of the British Medical Association : " That this division desires to record its sense of the great loss the colony has suffered by the death of the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon, and to express to Mrs. Seddon the deep sympathy the members feel for her in her sorrow." I have, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. A. G. Talbot, Hon. Secretary. British Medical Association (Wellington Division). Dear Mrs. Seddon, — Hutt, 16th June, 1906. I am requested by the members of the Wellington Division of the British Medical Association to convey to you their heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow. We, as members of the medical profession, recognise a great man has passed away —one who really was a humanist. We sincerely hope that the universal sympathy expressed may in some way help to alleviate your great sorrow. Yours, &c, Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. James R. Purdy, Hon. Secretary. Wellington Ministers' Association. (Telegram.) Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Thames, 11th June, 1906. Please accept the sincere sympathy of Wellington Ministers' Association in your sore bereavement. J. Dawson, President. New Zealand Natives' Association. Dear Madam, — Auckland, 16th June, 1906. I am directed to forward to you the following resolution : " That this meeting of the New Zealand Natives' Association conveys its sincere expressions of loyal sympathy to yourself and your family in this your bitter blow." The world mourns with New Zealand in her irreparable loss —her staggering blow—in the death of your illustrious husband, our statesman and hero. If world-wide expressions of tender sympathy and magnificent appreciation of your late husband's true worth can carry a ray of light to penetrate the intensely dark gloom that rests upon your family and upon our beloved native land, then that solace is yours a hundredfold. Silently and alone —apart from all other lands—New Zealand mingles her unrestrained tears with yours over the grave of her noble dead. We are, &c, E. G. R. Mrs. Seddon, Wellington. Emily Nicol.